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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,460 approved · 956 refused · 473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 25 Apr 2022Units 6 & 7 Brookside Avenue Rustington BN16 3LF
Received 13 Jun 2018Deep End Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 4 Jan 2021Mallon Dene 47 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JP
Received 14 Oct 202168-70 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3EQ
Received 6 Mar 202011 Hunters Close Aldwick PO21 4HR
Received 15 Feb 2022Stoney Brook Farm Eastergate Lane Walberton
Received 2 Jul 20191 Arlington Crescent East Preston BN16 1DL
Received 14 Nov 202018 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 16 Apr 201898 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RZ
Received 14 Feb 2019Abbots Lawn Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2RS
Received 6 Dec 2018Easter Cottage Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 6 Mar 201927 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 16 Jun 2026209 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QD
Received 29 Sept 2020Sports Pavilion Decoy Drive Angmering BN16 4DN
Received 20 Oct 2025Land North of Yapton Church of England Primary School North End Road Yapton
Received 12 Aug 20201 Greenwood Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 9EW
Received 18 Nov 202528 Christchurch Crescent West Meads PO21 5SP
Received 13 Jul 2021Land South of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 12 Feb 2026The White Hart Public House 32 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BH
Received 14 May 20191 The Drive Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4EE
Received 29 Feb 2020Bishop Tufnell C Of E Junior & Infant School Pennyfields Felpham PO22 6BN
Received 6 Sept 2019Castleview Storage Castleview Storage, Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 21 May 2019Behind the Pump House Glebelands Recreation Ground Ferring
Received 7 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Arun District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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